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Chelsea Embankment

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1909-129
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Amsler und Ruthardt, Berlin; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1909, for 99 DM.  

 

Paper size:60 x 158/159 mm  
Plate mark size:44 x 135 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:distinct plate tone, generally even except slightly darker areas near left and right margins  
Note on foul biting:very fine pitting across figures, minimally coarser at bottom margin below woman and child  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2600112  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.